Sunday Times up as Independent on Sunday suffers

The Sunday Times was the only quality Sunday newspaper to record a year-on-year circulation rise in February as the Independent on Sunday registered another large drop.

News International's Sunday Times, which launched a big promotion campaign last year, registered a year-on-year rise of 0.66% to sell an average of 1,214,254 each week last month, according to figures released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Its sales were up 1.27% month on month.

In stark contrast, Independent News & Media's Independent on Sunday recorded a massive 21.28% year-on-year fall to average weekly sales of 179,487.

However, the Independent on Sunday did record a month-on-month climb of 0.39%.

Guardian News & Media's the Observer had an average weekly circulation of 430,341 in February, a year-on-year fall of 7.26% but a month-month rise of 0.58%. GNM also publishes MeidaGuardian.co.uk.